For those who have been living under a rock, let’s hope it was gold, because the shiny metal is up over 50% year-to-date (YTD) compared with 18% for the S&P 500 (with dividends). With this recent outperformance by gold, some are starting to question whether investing in stocks still makes sense. For example, I saw a chart like this going viral which compared the growth of $1 invested in gold versus the S&P 500 since January 2000: {chart} As you can see, gold has outperformed the S&P 500 (with dividends) by nearly 2x since 2000. After seeing something like this it’s easy to question why you would ever own stocks. If a ... (full story)